{"id":4947,"date":"2019-07-16T18:03:04","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T17:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stampoutpoverty.org\/live2019\/?p=4947"},"modified":"2019-07-18T11:03:57","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T10:03:57","slug":"exposing-the-trillion-dollar-lie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stampoutpoverty.org\/live2019\/exposing-the-trillion-dollar-lie\/","title":{"rendered":"Exposing the Trillion Dollar Lie"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW REPORT: Billions to Trillions: A Reality Check<\/a><\/span>\u00a0exposes the lie that private investors will fill the SDGs funding gap<\/span><\/h2>\n

From the UN\u2019s report telling us <\/span>we have <\/span>12<\/span> (now 11) years to drastically reduce our emissions<\/span><\/a>, to the school strikes and Extinction Rebellion, we know that a lot more money is needed to fund our response to climate change, as well as other urgent issues. We also know that those who did the least to cause mass inequality and climate breakdown often feel their effects the hardest.<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s why it\u2019s vital that we keep our promises to fund the <\/span>Sustainable Development Goals<\/span><\/a> (SDGs) – 17 goals agreed by all 193 countries of the UN to end poverty and tackle inequality, conflict and climate change. <\/span><\/p>\n

But richer countries are failing to cough up the money they\u2019ve committed to. In fact, over the last two years, <\/span>aid to the world\u2019s poorest countries has actually been cut<\/span><\/a>. This is the opposite direction we need to be going in. Instead, these richer governments are increasingly turning towards the private sector to fill the funding gap. But our recent research has found that this won\u2019t raise nearly enough money to meet our commitments to the SDGs – and could actually do real harm.<\/span><\/p>\n

So while the protests took place all over the UK, we at Stamp Out Poverty were at the UN in New York, launching our new report,\u00a0<\/span>Billions to Trillions: A Reality Check<\/a><\/span>, to expose the lie that banks and private investors hold the key to financing the fight against inequality and climate change. <\/span><\/p>\n

Politicians in rich countries, and organisations like the World Bank, have been pushing the idea that trillions of dollars of private investment could soon flood into developing countries, to build hospitals, schools, power plants and roads and achieve the SDGs. This \u2018Billions to Trillions\u2019 approach claims that all developing country governments need to do is sign contracts guaranteeing huge profits to the banks and private investors, and the money will start rolling in.<\/span><\/p>\n

Local communities and campaigning groups all around the world – as well as developing country governments – have been exposing these dodgy deals for what they are: a repackaged version of the failed \u2018PFI\u2019 contracts that failed so spectacularly in the UK and all across Europe. The examples are piling up of these rip-off contracts leaving developing country governments paying through the nose for shoddy hospitals and schools.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s tough to get politicians to give up on \u2018Billions to Trillions\u2019. Saying that private investors will fill the SDGs funding gap lets them off the hook. So we did a bit of digging – and found out that if developing countries stick to promising realistic profits, banks and private investors will only ever stump up ONE TENTH of the cash needed to fill the SDG funding gap<\/span><\/p>\n

We refuse to let politicians fob us off with the lie that private investors will solve everything, when real solutions are needed. Those solutions are clear, and urgent: debt relief, action on tax avoidance, increased aid, and new global solidarity taxes on those most able to pay, like the Robin Hood Tax<\/a> and the Climate Damages Tax<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read the report:\u00a0Billions to Trillions: A Reality Check<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NEW REPORT: Billions to Trillions: A Reality Check\u00a0exposes the lie that private investors will fill the SDGs funding gap From the UN\u2019s report telling us <\/p>\n

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